Training workshop: Conflict and Collaboration in Community and Environmental Decision Making
Conflict and Collaboration in Community and
Environmental Decision Making
May 14-18, 2012
FINAL REMINDER - REGISTRATION CLOSES MAY 4TH!
Description: In this intensive, 40-hour skill building training workshop, participants will learn how to analyze and understand the dynamics of conflict and collaboration in complex public policy settings. The workshop will help participants develop the conceptual understanding, the analytical tools, and the practical skills of: conflict or situation assessment, convening and facilitation, process design, joint fact-finding, applications of decision support tools, regional visioning and a range of public engagement strategies. The learning approach includes the introduction of basic principles, lessons, and tools, hands-on skill building exercises, case scenarios and group problem-solving sessions, practitioner case clinics, and includes a one-day project field visit.
Registration: The workshop is open to university students, faculty and staff, as well as agency and community practitioners
Students: To receive UA course credit, summer UA registration tuition and fees apply. Please send your name and a contact number to Iris Patten, ipatten@email.arizona.edu
This course is listed as PLG499/599 for 2 UA credits.
For agency & community practitioners:
Workshop Fee (for community practitioners)
$475 Regular Fee
$225 Scholarship
Instructors:
• Larry Fisher, UA School of Natural Resources and the Environment
• Iris Patten, UA College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
• Tahnee Robertson, Southwest Decision Resources
• Colleen Whitaker, Imagine Greater Tucson
Location: College of Architecture & Landscape Architecture (CALA) - Dinsmore Conference Room (2nd Floor), University of Arizona, 1040 N. Olive Road, Tucson, Arizona
For additional information: contact Larry Fisher lafisher@email.arizona.edu
